diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5043fae8..b5081a9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "auction-server"
-version = "0.32.0"
+version = "0.32.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anchor-lang",
  "anchor-lang-idl",
diff --git a/auction-server/.sqlx/query-da61b53df51ffad6f7ed8baa1dccd42901a70a3d1ff736d5cafc6aaa6edf3669.json b/auction-server/.sqlx/query-1a19c166fe39589f0e0ec63e0279f9d057ee24ffe6e4ff10552d4650dd2a4cbc.json
similarity index 50%
rename from auction-server/.sqlx/query-da61b53df51ffad6f7ed8baa1dccd42901a70a3d1ff736d5cafc6aaa6edf3669.json
rename to auction-server/.sqlx/query-1a19c166fe39589f0e0ec63e0279f9d057ee24ffe6e4ff10552d4650dd2a4cbc.json
index 5cffde84..2a100b42 100644
--- a/auction-server/.sqlx/query-da61b53df51ffad6f7ed8baa1dccd42901a70a3d1ff736d5cafc6aaa6edf3669.json
+++ b/auction-server/.sqlx/query-1a19c166fe39589f0e0ec63e0279f9d057ee24ffe6e4ff10552d4650dd2a4cbc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
-  "query": "WITH rows_to_delete AS (\n            SELECT id FROM opportunity WHERE chain_id = $1 AND creation_time < $2 LIMIT $3\n        ) DELETE FROM opportunity WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM rows_to_delete)",
+  "query": "WITH rows_to_delete AS (\n            SELECT id FROM opportunity WHERE chain_id = $1 AND creation_time < $2 AND removal_time IS NOT NULL LIMIT $3\n        ) DELETE FROM opportunity WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM rows_to_delete)",
   "describe": {
     "columns": [],
     "parameters": {
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
     },
     "nullable": []
   },
-  "hash": "da61b53df51ffad6f7ed8baa1dccd42901a70a3d1ff736d5cafc6aaa6edf3669"
+  "hash": "1a19c166fe39589f0e0ec63e0279f9d057ee24ffe6e4ff10552d4650dd2a4cbc"
 }
diff --git a/auction-server/Cargo.toml b/auction-server/Cargo.toml
index 3ea5fbda..806d1743 100644
--- a/auction-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/auction-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "auction-server"
-version = "0.32.0"
+version = "0.32.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license-file = "license.txt"
 
diff --git a/auction-server/src/kernel/workers.rs b/auction-server/src/kernel/workers.rs
index e06b7a32..f964d194 100644
--- a/auction-server/src/kernel/workers.rs
+++ b/auction-server/src/kernel/workers.rs
@@ -177,9 +177,12 @@ pub async fn delete_pg_db_opportunity_history(
     delete_threshold_secs: u64,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let threshold = OffsetDateTime::now_utc() - Duration::from_secs(delete_threshold_secs);
+    // TODO: we filter based on removal_time being not null because some Limo opportunities may be valid longer than the delete threshold.
+    // However, this makes it so that we don't delete opportunities that are not removed yet, including unremoved ones due to server restarts
+    // and bugs in the code. As this leads to a low memory leak, we should consider a better way to handle this in the future.
     let n_opportunities_deleted = sqlx::query!(
         "WITH rows_to_delete AS (
-            SELECT id FROM opportunity WHERE chain_id = $1 AND creation_time < $2 LIMIT $3
+            SELECT id FROM opportunity WHERE chain_id = $1 AND creation_time < $2 AND removal_time IS NOT NULL LIMIT $3
         ) DELETE FROM opportunity WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM rows_to_delete)",
         chain_id,
         PrimitiveDateTime::new(threshold.date(), threshold.time()),